Research team gathering and analysing data on UK museums
Bloomsbury, London
Joined November 2016
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News | ‘Most short-sighted decision council has ever made’: Museum of Cannock Chase shuts its doors – Staffordshire venue closes after 36 years due to budget cuts
Read: ow.ly/ZhhW50VJyvf
ALT Exterior of the Museum of Cannock Chase
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News | Mapping Museums Lab (@MuseumsMapping) goes in search of lost collections – research team seeks help finding out what happened to objects after museums closed down
Read: ow.ly/9BAh50U0EhB
ALT The clapboard exterior of Haxted Watermill in Surrey, which closed as a museum in 2012
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
A reminder of this excellent event on Thursday 24th October at 6pm - make sure you book!
An event for your diary: 'The Afterlives of Objects' Thursday 24th October 6pm at Birkbeck, Bloomsbury. Places are free but do book in advance. I'll be talking about our new research on museum closure and what happens to the collections. @Aimuseums bit.ly/3zcN98i
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Could you find out when the Museum of Cipher Equipment closed? What happened to the dolls at the Sandwich Dolls Museum? We need a short-term (paid) researcher cum detective for the @MuseumsMapping project on museum closure. More info here: bit.ly/3zsfl6Z
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
On the track of closed museums: today, visiting the remains of The Town and Country Experience in Ringwood
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A reminder that we are hiring! 1 FTE Lecturer in Museum Studies and Curating. Closing date: 27 May 2024. Apply now: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_p…
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Are museums more likely to close in areas of higher deprivation? The answers may be unexpected – read our new blog to find out: buff.ly/3xZCGw8
ALT A road sign partly covered in faded stickers, attached to black metal railings. A road with a double yellow line is visible behind
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Good to see our @MuseumsMapping research on closed museums cited in The Guardian today bit.ly/3WoRnD1
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At least 467 museums have closed since 2000 - New data on UK museum closures via @MuseumsMapping mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/20…
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Call for Papers: 'Cursed Objects in Museum Shops',
3d July. Deadline for abstracts: 8th April.
In partnership with @CursedObjectsUK we are running a symposium on the kitsch, questionable and complex things you find in museum shops.
For more details: www7.bbk.ac.uk/museum-cultur…
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Do please spread the word: we are looking for a data / computer science post-doc (full-time, 2 years) to work with the @MuseumsMapping team to track the flows of objects from closed museums.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
@heald_j @kingsdh @dhnow @melissa
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Calling data / computer science post-docs! We’re looking for someone to come and work with us for 2 years on our new ahrc funded @MuseumsMapping project on closure and collections dispersal. Please retweet. cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
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📢 Exciting news! 🏛️ 📊💡 The Mapping Museums Lab has secured £1M funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for their project 'Museum Closure in the UK 2000-2025'. @kingsdh @BirkbeckUoL 🎉 #museums #museology #culturalanalytics aballatore.space/2023/06/27/…
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Capital from the Arts and Humanities Research Council will allow the @MuseumsMapping research team to map UK-wide closures and collection dispersal until 2025
advisor.museumsandheritage.c…
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
News | Research project to examine UK museum closures from 2000 to 2025 – Mapping Museums (@MuseumsMapping) team awarded £1m AHRC funding
Read: ow.ly/MBZM50OSZvR
ALT The National Brewery Centre in Burton, which closed last year
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Great to see the @bbcworldservice shining a light on the @MuseumsMapping project, based at Birkbeck! Listen from 9:10 to hear Prof @FionaCandlin talking about the project and the growth of small museums 🎉 bbc.in/3TPFxi3
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
📚 My latest read - @FionaCandlin, Toby Butler & Jake Watts' fascinating "Stories from Small Museums" @ManchesterUP 👇🏼
A deeply insightful social history of transport, military, and local history "micromuseums" in the UK, drawing on a wealth of conversations with their founders
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
New on the @musgalhistgroup blog is my short piece on how long museums last - using data on closed museums from @MuseumsMapping: mghg.info/blog/2023/1/15/how…
ALT A histogram chart showing the durations of closed museums from 1960-2022. The bars are much higher towards the left of the chart, clustered around the 10 to 20 year lifespan, with a long tail to the right. The median duration is shown as just over 20 years.
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
We may have finished the @MuseumsMapping research but we're still very interested in museums and data. We're having a workshop in London in May, the call for papers is here: bit.ly/3CY2eZV @a_ballatore @EmmaChaplin9 @IsabelCWilson @ljollerhead @SimonAStephens @acbrown511
Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Call for abstracts: "Museum Analytics: New Directions" How can data science and analytics support and transform the museum sector? 📢📈🏛 @a_ballatore @jlarkin65 @MuseumsMapping • Deadline: 20 Jan #museums #datascience #culturalindustries aballatore.space/2022/11/14/…
